Places gunnarstoddard Wants to Go

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

A train tunnel that was made obsolete by the dam it helped create.

The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

One of Los Angeles's first murals once vibrantly depicted the dangers of United States imperialism.

A Romanesque sanctuary of calm amid the bustle of downtown Los Angeles.

Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.

Large metal sculptures spread throughout an open landscape.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

See four top-secret US spy aircraft of the Cold War era, including the legendary SR-71 Blackbird and the A-12 Oxcart.

An ever-updating collection of retro Americana.

A working model of a pressure-driven, high-speed rail whizzes around a private vineyard.

A unique museum where guests can rent and operate a locomotive.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Over one million bird-related artifacts await.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.